dag

v. i. To be misty; to drizzle. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. dagge (cf. Dagger); or cf. AS. dāg what is dangling. ] A loose end; a dangling shred. [ 1913 Webster ]

Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail. Wedgwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. dagg, Icel. dögg. √71. See Dew. ] A misty shower; dew. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dague, LL. daga, D. dagge (fr. French); all prob. fr. Celtic; Cf. Gael. dag a pistol, Armor. dag dagger, W. dager, dagr, Ir. daigear. Cf. Dagger. ] 1. A dagger; a poniard. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A large pistol formerly used. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The Spaniards discharged their dags, and hurt some. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sort of pistol, called dag, was used about the same time as hand guns and harquebuts. Grose. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) The unbranched antler of a young deer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the lemonwood tree (Calycophyllum candidissimum); -- it is a tropical American tree which is source of a tough elastic wood.
Syn. -- lemonwood tree, Calycophyllum candidissimum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. the Mesopotanian god of agriculture and earth; it is a counterpart of Phoenician and Philistine Dagon. See references to Dagon in the Bible and in the opera . [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. in Irish legend, chief god of the Tuatha De Danann; father of Angus Og and Brigit. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a relatively nontoxic South African herb (Leonotis leonurus) smoked like tobacco.
Syn. -- Cape dagga, red dagga, wilde dagga, Leonotis leonurus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]